Music

Over the years, Adrian has had the pleasure of working across many styles and genres of music for over 100 film and television projects.  His work is always rooted in a story-focused, collaborative approach that seeks to find the unique fingerprint of each project, while allowing his voice and perspective comes through in a unique blend of harmony and texture.

A seasoned crisis manager navigates a dysfunctional family and their faltering whiskey company through a PR disaster involving triple homicide, Arctic ice mummies, and intergalactic moonshine. 

To create this wildly experimental score, Adrian spent days in co-producer Nick “Walker” Grimshaw’s country studio, recording analogue modular synth insanity, while running cellos, thunder sheets, and a rare organ called "Magnus" through boutique effects pedals.  The resulting 16 hours of raw material was then slowly distilled into the mind-bending sound of The Hyperborean.

Shot in two true single takes, filmed simultaneously in two different parts of a city, Last Call, is a real time feature presented in split screen showcasing both ends of a wrong number phone call that has the potential to save a life.

The film received a 2 minute standing ovation during its West Coast premiere at Dances With Films in L.A. The score was lauded by critics and viewers alike. To match the approach and aesthetic of the film, a string quartet was recorded live in front of an audience and presented as a single take.

“The full house was moved by a score which soared… the feeling in the room was electric… Last Call should be seen because its unique storytelling is a selling point of its own. Powerful and unique, Last Call is at least that, but it just may live forever as a piece of cinema history.” 10/10 – Curt Wiser, OC Movie Reviews

An 8 part series that unravels the mysteries of the universe, exploring perplexing questions with the help of astronomers, engineers, astrophysicists and philosophers, using cutting-edge science and CGI.

This lyrical orchestral score aims to capture the breathtaking scale and scope of it's subject, in all it's beauty, power, and terror.

With mounting evidence that aliens exist, the compelling clues and testimonies that support this claim often come from the same sites on our planet. Why is that?

The dark, unsettling, and sometimes propulsive electronic score brings to life the mysterious and sometimes terrifying reports in this gripping docu-series.

A cinematic, ambient album of synth and string textures that takes you on a journey to mysterious places that only exist in our dreams.

Cassiopeia Lyra struggles to navigate her increasingly alienating world, as she becomes more and more disconnected from her work, colleagues, and husband. Can she find connection amidst the chaos?

The score for this imaginative and lyrical short film was created to give the audience a sense of both literal and figurative space, and a melancholy beauty that is at once intimate but also feels galaxies away. It uses a combination of synths, orchestra, and the sounds of actual space and various space-bound signals

A struggling aspiring young writer assists a reclusive washed-up author on his comeback winter book tour. Together they hit the road across rural Ontario on a tumultuous journey seeking inspiration, acceptance and redemption.

This quirky, off-beat score features a combo of surf guitars, ukulele, piano, melodica, and synths, plus typewriter percussion. One of the challenges was to create a musical world that reflected both the humor and the heart of these characters – situations that were at times hilarious and at others, raw and vulnerable.

A teenage girl and her single father. Rose is coming of age, and coming out of the closet. Dad wants to make sure Rose’s coming out is as easy and painless as possible. Sometimes he tries a little too hard.

Canada’s most successful webseries has a devoted worldwide fan-base and over 25 million views. I call this one of my “bucket list” projects, because of the impact it has had. We get comments from people who live in countries where being gay is punishable by death, and for whom the show has literally saved their life.

Jason is one of my oldest friends, is a film-score enthusiast and expert, and working with him has always been a great pleasure. The show was nominated twice for a Canadian Screen Award and has won countless awards at festivals around the globe. The multi-award winning score was recorded with Bow Tie Orchestra (Moscow) for its final season.

Winner of Outstanding Music at TO Webfest, and nominated for Best Original Score at Vancouver Webfest.

Two backwoods hicks discover a time machine in the woods. Instead of betting on sports or gaming the stock market, they use it to hunt each other. Repeatedly. The friends’ twisted game soon spirals out of control.

As a challenge, I decided to score this experimental mind-bender using only found-sound. I spent days recording power tools, using fishing wire to resonate the strings on my piano, and a violin bow to play pieces of metal, among other experiments. The results were processed and the resulting score composed of these eerie, haunting, and sometimes ugly sounds.

The year is 2025.  Maxine works at a factory making haptic inputs. After she steals one her favorite fighting games, the skills she learns while playing are beat directly into her muscle memory. When she begins to investigate her father's suspicious death, she quickly gets pulled into a dangerous game where she'll need her new skill to survive.

I worked with director Tate Young to develop a dark, hybrid electronic score that set the tone for this near future cyberpunk noir, and helped keep the characters real and relatable. Distinct themes were developed for ideas and places, including the mysterious in-world game, Overgrowth.

Winner of Outstanding Music at TO Webfest,  and nominated for Best Original Score at Vancouver Webfest.